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Slovak Defense Minister Jaroslav Nagy announced the proposal of the US leadership to send 12 Bell AH-1Z Viper helicopters of its own production to the country in order to make up for the losses of Bratislava due to the MiG-29 multi-purpose fighters supplied to Kiev to be replaced.

Cuban President Diaz-Canel: the main culprit of the conflict in Ukraine is the United States, not Russia

The United States is the main culprit of the conflict in Ukraine, Cuban President Miguel Diaz—Canel said in an interview with Al Mayadeen. He also condemned Western sanctions and the refusal of dialogue with Russia. Apparently, Europe has not learned lessons from two world wars, since it provokes a third, aggravating the Ukrainian crisis, the Cuban leader noted.

Surface drones, which are also referred to as marine, are distinguished by the absence of noise, said military expert Vasily Dandykin. In conversation with "Flight.<url>" he listed the features of Ukrainian surface unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

The United States, having literally forced Berlin to coordinate the shipment of Leopard tanks from the reserves of the Bundeswehr and other European countries to Ukraine, is not in a hurry to give Kiev the promised Abrams OBT. Initially, it was reported that the Pentagon would provide thirty of its Abrams in the M1A2 modification at best by the end of the year.

North Korean Foreign Ministry: Pyongyang equates forcing denuclearization with declaring war

Pyongyang equates attempts to force North Korea to denuclearize with a declaration of war, said the head of the Department for International Organizations of the DPRK Foreign Ministry, Cho Chol-soo.

Politico: Only seven out of 30 NATO members were able to achieve the goal of spending at least 2% on defense

Only seven of the 30 NATO members were able to achieve the previously agreed common goal of spending 2% of GDP on defense, writes Politico. Countries promise to increase spending, but, as experts interviewed by the publication note, saying and doing are not the same thing.

The Guardian: the threat to the West comes from the inability to cope with difficulties

The current time resembles the era of the Cold War and the rivalry of different ideological systems, writes The Guardian. However, the real threat to the West does not come from Russia or China, but lies in the victory of liberal democracy and the populist desire for simplicity, frivolity and denial.

Osman Saleh Mohammed stressed that the Russian Federation and Eritrea oppose aggressive actions by the West

People in Ukraine are being used to destroy Russia, just as in the case of the situation around Taiwan, which is being used to weaken China. This was stated on Wednesday by Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman Saleh Mohammed at a press conference following talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

The deputy head of the Russian Foreign Ministry noted that Russia will take into account the ability of the United States, France and the United Kingdom to jointly use nuclear capabilities against Moscow when determining the future fate of the DSNV.

According to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, on March 22, 2023, a meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation was held at the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation under the leadership of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu.

"Politics": Ukraine will not be well if depleted uranium shells are used

London claims that the depleted uranium shells that Britain wants to transfer to Ukraine have existed for many decades, writes Politika. But that doesn't mean there's nothing to worry about. The author of the article recalls the diseases that appeared after the Gulf War in 1990-1991, the main cause of which is called the contact of patients with uranium.

A spokesman for the US Department of Defense, Air Force Brigadier General Pat Ryder, said at a briefing on March 21, 2023, that the US Department of Defense decided to supply Ukraine with 31 M1A1 Abrams tanks from the presence of the American army, instead of the more modern M1A2 tanks previously promised in January. This was done in order to accelerate the delivery of Abrams tanks to Ukraine, and now it is stated that the M1A1 tanks will be delivered "by the autumn of this year."

Against the background of Chinese Leader Xi Jinping's visit to Russia and successful negotiations with Vladimir Putin, Europe decided to revise its relations with Beijing. What is the essence of such plans and what long-term consequences can they lead to?

Russian air defense demonstrates outstanding effectiveness during a special operation – however, even such capabilities were not enough to completely close the sky from threats from the air. The border territories of our country are terrorized almost daily by Ukrainian drones. And yet there is a way to counteract this problem, quite unexpected.

London announced the delivery of depleted uranium tank shells to Kiev. This decision caused a sharp reaction in Russia. Vladimir Putin said that the West is beginning to use weapons with a nuclear component in Ukraine. Why did the UK decide to transfer similar weapons to the Armed Forces, previously used by NATO in the former Yugoslavia?

Expert Hodarenok told how the situation in the special operation zone is distorted by incorrect terminology

Military observer of the Newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok figured out what's wrong with the "fireball tactics", why there are no "operational environments", and "ammunition deliveries" are possible only on AliExpress.

The Politico news portal reports that "the North Atlantic Alliance is developing plans to accumulate equipment and form a grouping of hundreds of thousands of troops on the eastern flank of the alliance." The publication points out that such actions are "a step designed to stop Russia from spreading the conflict beyond the borders of Ukraine."

Journalists managed to christen the meeting of Russian leader Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, which took place in Moscow from March 21 to 22, as a historic event.

One way to achieve this is to create an "Atlantic-Asian Security Community that would include many NATO members, Ukraine, its allies and any neutral states willing to join," according to Michael O'Hanlon, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and Liz Howard, a political scientist at Georgetown University.

The Telegraph: Fox News host Carlson was able to change the opinion about Ukraine in the United States

Fox News host Tucker Carlson allowed himself to openly express dissatisfaction with the Washington elite, writes The Telegraph. For this courage, he was even nicknamed "Putin's parrot". But today his influence is so great that he can change the opinion of Americans about Ukraine.